How John Borghetti keeps Virgin cool

Australian Financial Review

November 13, 2015By Patrick Durkin

For seven years Virgin Australia has been a fixture on Boss and Hay Group Most Respected Companies list. This year it has taken top spot for its workplace culture. Chief executive John Borghetti says the secret to
building a respected culture is like managing a family.

Virgin Australia has topped the 2015 BOSS and Hay Group’s Most Respected Company for culture in a survey of more than 1800 people. Hay Group managing director Henriette Rothschild defines culture as “the way we do
things around here”. She says it is no coincidence innovative and iconic brands such as Virgin, Google, Apple and Atlassian are on this year’s list.

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